Block #21 for Melva's Pieces of My Life QAL was posted last week and I had a chance to sew it up over the weekend. It is a maple leaf - one of my favorite blocks to make! To go along with the maple leaf, our reminiscing is all about Fall.
Fall has always been my favorite season! Especially September, even though Fall technically doesn't come along until the third week of the month, because September is the month of school starting. I loved school growing up and always wanted to be a teacher - which I became and taught at various grade levels for the 30 years of my working career. For most of the years of my career, I taught 5th grade at our neighborhood school, which my boys also attended from K - 5th.
Fall is also the time of changing leaves and beautiful colors, which we all enjoy seeing. In Colorado we don't have a lot of maple trees, but we do have the amazing aspen trees that give the mountains such a beautiful golden color. That's why I made my maple leaf gold!
I do have to share this photo I took while out on my neighborhood walk yesterday. Is this a maple leaf? I'm not even sure - but it fits right into this post!
As a teacher, I both loved and dreaded Halloween, lol! It was a fun day at our school with everyone dressed up in costumes, all the classes parading through the school for a Halloween parade, and a party at the end of the day. We were all exhausted by 4:00! As a mom, it was fun helping our kids come up with their costumes. For boys, it was so easy to use sweat shirts and pants as the base and add extra things to them to create the costume. Here is older son dressed as Darth Vader (sweatshirt with felt pieces sewn on and a simple cape I made) and younger son as a football player with a hand me down football helmet from some friends whose boy outgrew it.
Hard to believe this is the 21st block I've made for this project - that means (I think) there are only three more! I've also gotten the blocks for section 3 of the quilt sewn together, and ready to sandwich for quilting. I'll be working on that step in the next few days.
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that is nice that you always knew what you wanted to be when you grew up - I'm still trying to decide LOL
ReplyDeleteI never liked school all that much, but I still played school with my dolls during summer break! I love your maple leaf block:)
ReplyDeleteThat IS a Maple leaf.
ReplyDeleteThat leaf does look like a maple! I enjoyed school and thankfully both my kids do as well. My sister always wanted to be a teacher and was. Your quilt is looking great. So exciting when quilts are nearly to the end and you can get them to a top stage.
ReplyDeleteThe Aspens in fall are so pretty! The boys are cute in their homemade Halloween costumes, I think those are the best kind. Enjoy your stitching time this week.
ReplyDeleteHow funny that you found a yellow maple leaf. A confirmation you made the right choice. 😉 Section III looks great. Enjoy your quilting session.
ReplyDeleteHow nice that you taught at your neighborhood school. Your leaf is so pretty, and your section looks wonderful. That is a lot of blocks!
ReplyDeleteI think a walk through those aspens would be just the thing with all that golden light. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoyed the Fall colors; but, when I had kids, school beginning was always a sad time for me. They were excited; but, I always missed playtime with them!
ReplyDeleteYour leaf block is perfect, and that photo - WOW - the colors are so amazing!
ReplyDelete30 years of teaching! That's impressive. I love the golds of fall.
ReplyDeleteFall is my favorite season as well. Your maple block is perfect, Diann. I always struggle with the stem, its always wonky. I've enjoyed following your progress on the project. I love the stories with each block.
ReplyDeleteJeanna slamminthescreendoor@gmail.com
Fun autumn rambling, Diann!!! Section 3 looks great! Love the colors!!!
ReplyDeleteI can well imagine dreading Halloween as a teacher. Amazingly, our board had a professional development day on Nov. 1. And all the teachers breathed a huge sigh of relief!
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the yellow maple leaf in memory of the aspen trees. The school I taught in for 14 years did the same thing at Halloween. The staff even dressed up. Fun times. Although definitely exhausting!
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